# Festival (Canadian season 2)

| Title | Writer | Original air date |
| "The Pirates of Penzance" | Gilbert and Sullivan | 2 October 1961 (1961-10-02) |
| A performance by the Stratford Festival, recorded in Toronto; starring Irene Byatt (Ruth), Andrew Downie (Frederic), Howell Glynne (Sergeant of Police), Eric House (Major General), Harry Mossfield (Pirate King), Marion Studholme (Mabel); directed for television by Norman Campbell |||
| "Ondine" | Jean Giraudoux | 9 October 1961 (1961-10-09) |
| Kathleen Widdoes plays the title role |||
| "The Dream of Peter Mann" | Bernard Kops | 16 October 1961 (1961-10-16) |
| "Land of the Old Song" | Unknown | 23 October 1961 (1961-10-23) |
| Ed McCurdy performs Nova Scotian folk songs |||
| "The Blue Hotel" | Stephen Crane, adapted by James Agee | 6 November 1961 (1961-11-06) |
| Starring Howard Da Silva |||
| "Carmen" | Bizet | 20 November 1961 (1961-11-20) |
| Featuring the Metropolitan Opera's Belen Amparan |||
| "Sleep of Prisoners" | Christopher Fry | 27 November 1961 (1961-11-27) |
| Paul Almond produced this drama |||
| "Swan Lake" | Tchaikovsky | 18 December 1961 (1961-12-18) |
| Performed by the National Ballet Company of Canada |||
| "A Cradle of Willow" | Dorothy Wright | 25 December 1961 (1961-12-25) |
| Christmas drama starring Eric Christmas, Leo Ciceri, Dino Narizzano, Tony Van Bridge |||
| "Traveller Without Luggage" | Jean Anouilh | 1 January 1962 (1962-01-01) |
| Starring Geoffrey Alexander James Douglas, Jane Mallet, Norman Renault, Mary Savidge |||
| "The Day of the Dodo" | Ron Boorne | 8 January 1962 (1962-01-08) |
| Drama concerning aeronautical workers; starring John Drainie, Bruno Gerussi, William Needles, Kate Reid |||
| "The Lady's Not For Burning" | Christopher Fry | 15 January 1962 (1962-01-15) |
| Starring Zoe Caldwell (Jennet Jourdemayne), Eric Christmas (Mayor Hebble Tyson), Donald Harron (Thomas Mendip), Mary Savidge (Margaret Devize); produced by Paul Almond, costumes by Horst Daniz, sets by Rudi Dorn |||
| "An Evening With Gilbert and Sullivan" | Unknown | 22 January 1962 (1962-01-22) |
| Portions of Gilbert and Sullivan's works are performed by the Stratford Light Opera: portions of The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance and The Yeoman of the Guard, plus the full version of Trial By Jury; produced by Norman Campbell |||
| "The Queen and the Rebels" | Ugo Betts | 5 February 1962 (1962-02-05) |
| Starring Barbara Chilcott, Donald Harron, Charmion King, Mavor Moore |||
| "Elizabeth the Queen" | Maxwell Anderson | 12 February 1962 (1962-02-12) |
| Historical drama starring Eric Christmas, Leo Ciceri, Donald Davis, Peter Donat, Judith Evelyn, Douglas Rains |||
| "Bousille and the Just" | Gratien Gelinas | 26 February 1962 (1962-02-26) |
| Starring James Doohan, Gratien Gelinas, Charmion King, Larry Mann |||
| "The Apple Cart" | George Bernard Shaw | 5 March 1962 (1962-03-05) |
| Starring Zoe Caldwell (Orinthia), Murray Matheson (King Magnus), Mary Savidge, Tony Van Bridge, Norman Welsh |||
| "The Offshore Island" | Marghanita Laski, adapted by Hugh Webster | 12 March 1962 (1962-03-12) |
| Drama set following a nuclear war |||
| "The Duchess of Malfi" | John Webster | 19 March 1962 (1962-03-19) |
| Starring Lloyd Bochner, Frances Hyland (Duchess of Malfi), Douglas Rain (Bosola), Powys Thomas, John Vernon; directed by Mario Prizek |||
| "The Luck of Ginger Coffey" | Brian Moore | 2 April 1962 (1962-04-02) |
| repeat of 19 June 1961 broadcast |||
| "Grand Exits" | Jacques Languirand | 16 April 1962 (1962-04-16) |
| Starring John Drainie, Frances Hyland, Norma Renault |||
| "Macbeth" | William Shakespeare | 23 April 1962 (1962-04-23) |
| Starring Zoe Caldwell, Sean Connery, William Needles Powys Thomas |||
| "The Brass Pounder from Illinois" | Tommy Tweed | 7 May 1962 (1962-05-07) |
| Concerns the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway under William Van Horne |||
| "The Offshore Island" | Marghanita Laski, adapted by Hugh Webster | 14 May 1962 (1962-05-14) |
| repeat of the 12 March 1962 broadcast |||
| "Eugene Ormandy Conducts" | Unknown | 21 May 1962 (1962-05-21) |
| The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra performs works by American songwriters under the direction of Ormandy |||
| "The Collection / A Slight Ache" | Harold Pinter | 4 June 1962 (1962-06-04) |
| "Stravinsky at 80" | Unknown | 11 June 1962 (1962-06-11) |
| Igor Stravinsky's birthday is celebrated as he conducts the CBC Symphony Orchestra, including a performance of his "Symphony of Psalms"; Robert Craft narrates and conducts the orchestra for certain selections; the program includes appearances by four members of the New York City Ballet, the Festival Singers of Toronto, Nadia Boulanger and George Balanchine; Franz Kraemer produced and directed this broadcast which was recorded in Toronto |||